Here are three clips featuring some of my behind-the-scenes session playing … followed by three live Attractions perfomances …
Suzanne Vega – Headshots
My former bandmate, Pete Thomas, and I set up a toe-tapping groove …
Tasmin Archer – Effect is Monotony
This is an overdubbed part … the track was complete and the bass was the last thing to go on …
The Pretenders – My Baby
Various videos show the regular Pretenders or American session men on this track, but the actual band on the record is: drums/Mel Gaynor (Simple Minds); guitar/Robbie McIntosh (Paul McCartney) … and me on bass. Quite early in the session Ms Hynde took me aside and advised me that a simpler part that didn’t venture above the fifth fret was more what she had in mind …
13 Steps Lead Down … on the Letterman Show
Lipstick Vogue … at the Pinkpop Festival (hence the pink outfits) … with a bass part that goes well beyond the fifth fret …
Shipbuilding on The Tube … producer Clive Langer’s best music, EC’s best lyrics, and one of my better bass parts …
